Former U.S. House district from 1795 to 2013
Massachusetts's 10th congressional district Created 1795 Eliminated 2010 Years active 1795–2013
Massachusetts's current districts, since 2013 Massachusetts's 10th congressional district is an obsolete district that was active during 1795–2013. It was first located in the District of Maine during 1795–1803, then located in several different areas of Massachusetts . It was most recently eliminated in 2013 as district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 census .[ 1]
At the time the district was eliminated, it included parts of the South Shore and all of the Cape and Islands . Effective with the 2012 House elections , most of the former district was placed in the 9th district 8th district [ 2]
Notable persons elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 10th congressional district include James Michael Curley , four-time Mayor of Boston , and John F. Fitzgerald , maternal grandfather of John F. Kennedy .
Cities and towns in the district prior to 2013 [ edit ] The district from 2003 to 2013 1843: "The Counties of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket, together with the towns of Rochester and Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and of Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and New Bedford, in the County of Bristol."[ 3]
1869: "Berkshire and Hampden counties."[ 4]
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(November 2013 )
1893: Boston, Wards 13, 14, 15, 19 (Precincts 1, 5, 7, 8, 9), 20, 22, 24; Milton, Quincy.[ 5]
1916: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (Precincts 1, 2).[ 6]
1921: Boston, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.[ 7]
1934: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21.[ 8]
1941–1953: Boston, Wards 4, 5, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21; Brookline, Newton.[ 9] [ 10]
1963: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, and Swansea. Middlesex County: City of Newton. Norfolk County: Towns of Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Needham, Norfolk, Plainville, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, and Wrentham."[ 11]
1977: "Bristol County: Cities of Attleboro, Fall River, and Taunton. Towns of Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport. Middlesex County: Towns of Natick and Sherborn. Norfolk County: Towns of Foxborough, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, Sharon, Wellesley, and Wrentham. Plymouth County: Towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Lakeville, Middleborough, and West Bridgewater."[ 12]
1997: "Counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk (part), and Plymouth (part)."[ 13]
All of Barnstable County , Dukes County , Nantucket County ,
The following municipalities in Plymouth County : Abington , Carver , Duxbury , Hanover , Hanson Pct. 2, Hingham , Hull , Kingston , Marshfield , Norwell , Pembroke , Plymouth , Plympton , Rockland , Scituate , and
The following municipalities in Norfolk County : Cohasset , Quincy , Weymouth
List of members representing the district [ edit ]
Representative
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
District location
District created March 4, 1795
Benjamin Goodhue (Salem )
Federalist
March 4, 1795 –
4th
Redistricted from the 1st district re-elected in 1794 .1795–1803
Vacant
June 11, 1796 –
Samuel Sewall (Marblehead )
Federalist
December 7, 1796 –
4th 5th 6th
Elected on the second ballot to finish Goodhue's term .Re-elected in 1796 .Re-elected in 1798 .Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court .
Vacant
January 10, 1800 –
6th
Nathan Read (Salem )
Federalist
November 25, 1800 –
6th 7th
Elected October 20, 1800, on the second ballot to finish Sewall's term .Re-elected November 3, 1800 .
Seth Hastings (Mendon )
Federalist
March 4, 1803 –
8th 9th
Redistricted from the 4th district re-elected in 1802 .Re-elected in 1804 .1803–1815
Jabez Upham (Brookfield )
Federalist
March 4, 1807 –
10th 11th
Elected in 1806 .Re-elected in 1808 .
Vacant
1810 –
11th
Joseph Allen (Worcester )
Federalist
October 8, 1810 –
Elected October 8, 1810, to finish Upham's term .
Elijah Brigham (Westborough )
Federalist
March 4, 1811 –
12th 13th
Elected in 1810 .Re-elected in 1812 .Redistricted to the 11th district
Laban Wheaton (Easton )
Federalist
March 4, 1815 –
14th
Redistricted from the 9th district re-elected in 1815 .1815–1823
Marcus Morton (Taunton )
Democratic-
March 4, 1817 –
15th 16th
Elected in 1816 .Re-elected in 1818 .
Francis Baylies (Taunton )
Federalist
March 4, 1821 –
17th
Elected in 1820 .Redistricted to the 12th district
Vacant
March 3, 1823 –
18th
William Eustis was redistricted from the 13th district re-elected in 1822 , but declined the election to become Governor of Massachusetts .
1823–1833
John Bailey (Canton )
Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican
December 13, 1823 –
Elected in 1823 to finish Eustis's term , but election was contested on residency requirements. A March 18, 1824, House resolution on declared he was not entitled to the seat.
Vacant
March 18, 1824 –
John Bailey (Milton )
Adams–Clay Democratic-Republican
December 13, 1824 –
18th 19th 20th 21st
Re-elected November 29, 1824, on the third ballot to finish Eustis's term and seated December 13, 1824.Re-elected in 1825 on the second ballot .Re-elected in 1826 .Re-elected in 1828 .
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 –
Henry A. S. Dearborn (Brookline )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1831 –
22nd
Elected in 1830 .
William Baylies (West Bridgewater )
Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 –
23rd
Elected in 1833 .1833–1843 [data missing
Nathaniel B. Borden (Fall River )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1835 –
24th 25th
Elected in 1835 .Re-elected in 1836 .
Democratic
March 4, 1837 –
Henry Williams (Taunton )
Democratic
March 4, 1839 –
26th
Elected in 1838 .
Nathaniel B. Borden (Fall River )
Whig
March 4, 1841 –
27th
Elected on the second ballot in 1841 .[data missing
Barker Burnell (Nantucket )
Whig
March 4, 1843 –
28th
Redistricted from the 11th district re-elected in 1842 .1843–1853 [data missing
Vacant
June 15, 1843 –
Joseph Grinnell (New Bedford )
Whig
December 7, 1843 –
28th 29th 30th 31st
Elected to finish Burnell's term .Re-elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 .Re-elected in 1848 .[data missing
Zeno Scudder (Barnstable )
Whig
March 4, 1851 –
32nd
Elected in 1850 .Redistricted to the 1st district
Edward Dickinson (Amherst )
Whig
March 4, 1853 –
33rd
Elected in 1852 .[data missing
1853–1863 [data missing
Calvin C. Chaffee (Springfield )
Know Nothing
March 4, 1855 –
34th 35th
Elected in 1854 .Re-elected in 1856 .[data missing
Republican
March 4, 1857 –
Charles Delano [ 14] (Northampton )
Republican
March 4, 1859 –
36th 37th
Elected in 1858 .Re-elected in 1860 .[data missing
Henry L. Dawes [ 4] (Pittsfield )
Republican
March 3, 1863 –
38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd
Redistricted from the 11th district re-elected in 1862 .Re-elected in 1864 .Re-elected in 1866 .Re-elected in 1868 .Re-elected in 1870 .Redistricted to the 11th district 1863–1873 [data missing
Alvah Crocker (Fitchburg )
Republican
March 4, 1873 –
43rd
Redistricted from the 9th district re-elected in 1872 .Re-elected in 1874 .1873–1883 [data missing
Vacant
December 26, 1874 –
Charles A. Stevens (Ware )
Republican
January 27, 1875 –
Elected to finish Crocker's term .[data missing
Julius H. Seelye (Amherst )
Independent
March 4, 1875 –
44th
Elected in 1874 .[data missing
Amasa Norcross [ 15] [ 16] (Fitchburg )
Republican
March 4, 1877 –
45th 46th 47th
Elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .[data missing
William W. Rice (Worcester )
Republican
March 4, 1883 –
48th 49th
Redistricted from the 9th district re-elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .[data missing
1883–1893 [data missing
John E. Russell (Leicester )
Democratic
March 4, 1887 –
50th
Elected in 1886 .[data missing
Joseph H. Walker (Worcester )
Republican
March 4, 1889 –
51st 52nd
Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Redistricted to the 3rd district
Michael J. McEttrick (Boston )
Independent Democrat
March 4, 1893 –
53rd
Elected in 1892 .[data missing
1893–1903 [data missing
Harrison H. Atwood (Boston )
Republican
March 4, 1895 –
54th
Elected in 1894 .
Samuel J. Barrows [ 17] (Boston )
Republican
March 4, 1897 –
55th
Elected in 1896 .[data missing
Henry F. Naphen (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1899 –
56th 57th
Elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .[data missing
William S. McNary (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1903 –
58th 59th
Elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .[data missing
1903–1913 [data missing
Joseph F. O'Connell [ 18] (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1907 –
60th 61st
Elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .[data missing
James Michael Curley (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1911 –
62nd
Elected in 1910 .Redistricted to the 12th district
William Francis Murray (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 –
63rd
Redistricted from the 9th district re-elected in 1912 .Postmaster of Boston .
1913–1933 [data missing
Vacant
September 28, 1914 –
Peter Tague (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1915 –
64th 65th
Elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .[data missing
John F. Fitzgerald (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1919 –
66th
[data missing
Peter Tague (Boston )
Democratic
October 23, 1919 –
66th 67th 68th
Successfully contested Fitzgerald's election on appeal due to voting irregularities .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .
John J. Douglass (Boston )
Democratic
March 4, 1925 –
69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 .Redistricted to the 11th district
George H. Tinkham [ 19] (Boston )
Republican
March 4, 1933 –
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th
Redistricted from the 11th district re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .1933–1943 [data missing
Christian Herter (Boston )
Republican
January 3, 1943 –
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd
Elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .run for Governor of Massachusetts .
1943–1953 [data missing
Laurence Curtis (Boston )
Republican
January 3, 1953 –
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
Elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .run for U.S. Senator .
1953–1963 [data missing
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (North Attleborough )
Republican
January 3, 1963 –
88th 89th
Redistricted from the 14th district re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .1963–1973 [data missing
Margaret Heckler [ 20] (Wellesley )
Republican
January 3, 1967 –
90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Redistricted to the 4th district
1973–1983 [data missing
Gerry Studds [ 21] (Cohasset )
Democratic
January 3, 1983 –
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th
Redistricted from the 12th district re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .1983–1993 [data missing
1993–2003 [data missing
Bill Delahunt (Quincy )
Democratic
January 3, 1997 –
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th
Elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .
2003–2013
Bill Keating (Quincy )
Democratic
January 3, 2011 –
112th
Elected in 2010 .9th district
District eliminated January 3, 2013[ 1]
General
^ a b "Table 1. APPORTIONMENT POPULATION AND NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY STATE: 2010 CENSUS" (PDF) . December 21, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2010 .^ http://www.sec.state.ma.us/spr/sprcat/catpdf2010/cong2010/CongressionalDistrict_2011State.pdf Access date: March 20, 2012.^ "State Apportionment; districts of the Commonwealth for the choice of one representative to Congress in each district" . Massachusetts Register ... for 1843 . Boston: Loring. May 8, 1779.^ a b Ben. Perley Poore (1869). "Massachusetts" . Congressional Directory for the First Session of the Forty-First Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl :2027/nyp.33433081796686 . ^ Francis M. Cox (1893). "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Third Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. hdl :2027/mdp.39015022758133 . ^ "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: 64th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1916. hdl :2027/uc1.l0075858456 .^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1921), "Population of Congressional Districts" , Population of Massachusetts as determined by the fourteenth census of the United States 1920 , Boston: Wright & Potter, hdl :2027/nnc1.cu56182970 ^ "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: 73rd Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1934. hdl :2027/mdp.39015022757986 .^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941), "Population of Congressional Districts" , Population of Massachusetts as determined by the sixteenth census of the United States, 1940 , Boston: Wright & Potter, OCLC 10056477 , House No. 2849 ^ "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: 83rd Congress . Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1953. hdl :2027/mdp.39015038055821 .^ "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: 88th Congress . Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1963. hdl :2027/mdp.39015071164118 .^ "Massachusetts" , 1977 Official Congressional Directory: 95th Congress , Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977, hdl :2027/uc1.31158002391372 ^ Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997–1998) , retrieved November 26, 2013 ^ "Massachusetts" . Congressional Directory for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress . Washington DC: House of Representatives. 1861.^ Ben. Perley Poore (1878). "Massachusetts" . Congressional Directory: 45th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-041176-2 ^ Ben. Perley Poore (1882). "Massachusetts" . Congressional Directory: 47th Congress (3rd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. ^ L.A. Coolidge (1897). "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: Fifty-Fifth Congress . Washington DC: Government Printing Office. ^ A.J. Halford (1909). "Massachusetts" . Congressional Directory: 60th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. ^ "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: 75th Congress (2nd ed.). Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1938.^ "Massachusetts" . Official Congressional Directory: 90th Congress . Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1968.^ "Massachusetts" . 1991–1992 Official Congressional Directory: 102nd Congress . Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1991.
Specific
The at-large and 10th–20th districts are obsolete. The 14th–20th districts moved to Maine in 1820, and the 14th–16th districts were later restored in Massachusetts. See also
Massachusetts's past and present representatives , senators , and delegations
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